Pete 'n Mom's gone; Zaytoon coming soon (Albany)

The oddly named Pete 'n Mom's Thai Plus on San Pablo at Solano (Albany) is gone, and Zaytoon is taking its place! The sign in the window says something about Kabobs, which makes me and my husband very very happy. There hasn't been good Iranian in the Berk-Oak-Alb area since Khayyaam's left town.

Not sure when this place will be open, as there was no one in there when we drove by on the weekend. But it looked close to opening (on the outside at least).

Zaytoon means olive in both Persian and Arabic, in case you were wondering.

Hidden Valley is giving a $35,000 bottle of ranch to the Royal Couple. The bottle is made of 18-carat white gold, diamond and sapphire-encrusted glass. Don’t worry. You can win an identical copy of the luxurious bottle.